Background
Kuntz was born in Pennsylvania and was the son of a father who immigrated from Germany and a mother who was a Pennsylvania native.
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Joseph Franklin Kuntz
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Career
He designed at least 18 armories in Western Pennsylvania, with the West.G. Wilkins Company, following the 1905 creation of a state armory board. By the time of the 1910 Census, they also had two sons Joseph, Junior., and Blair. By the time of the 1930 Census, Kuntz was still living in Pittsburgh and was a widower.
Kuntz"s works include (with attribution):
The Andy Warhol Museum, formerly known as Volkwein"s Frick & Lindsay Building, 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, formerly the Equitable Gas Company Building, 420 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Atlantic Building, aka the Atlantic Refining Company Building, 258-262 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bellefonte Armory, East. Bishop Street, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (Kuntz, Joseph F), NRHP-listed
Berwick Armory, 201 Pine Street, Berwick, Pennsylvania (Kuntz, Joseph F), NRHP-listed
Butler Armory, 216 North. Washington Street, Butler, Pennsylvania (Kuntz, Joseph F), NRHP-listed
Ford City Armory, 301 Tenth Street, Ford City, Pennsylvania (Kuntz, Joseph F), NRHP-listed
Hunt Armory, 324 Emerson Street, Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Huntingdon Armory, Standing Stone Avenue, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (Kuntz, Joseph F), NRHP-listed
Indiana Armory, 621 Wayne Avenue, Indiana, Pennsylvania (Kuntz, Joseph F), NRHP-listed
Kane Armory, built 1922, NRHP-listed
Latrobe Armory, 1017 Ridge Avenue.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania (Kuntz, Joseph F), NRHP-listed
Linden Hall at Saint James Park, ready reckoner 26051 Northwest of Dawson, Dawson, Pennsylvania (Kuntz,Joseph Frankln), NRHP-listed
Scottdale Armory, 501 North. Broadway Street, Scottdale, Pennsylvania (Kuntz, Joseph F), NRHP-listed
West.W. Lawrence Paint Company Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
